Sew-on snap-fastener.



PATENTED JUNE 14, 1904.

1'. R. HYDE, JR. SEW-0N SNAP PASTE-NEE. APPLIOATIOF FILED FEB. 16, 1904.

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PatentedJ'une 14, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

THEOPHILUS R. HYDE, JR., OF VVATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO SCOVILLMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF I/VAT'ERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OFCONNECTICUT.

SEW-N SNA-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No."762,478, dated June 14,1904.

Application filed February 16, 1904:. Serial No. 193,703. (NomodeL) T0(Ml whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEOPHILUS R. HYDE, J r., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at IVaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inSew-On Snap- Fasteners, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

Snap-fasteners adapted to be sewed onto garments and other articles in aconcealed manner and consisting of a stud member and a socket member,one or the other of which is a spring, have been constructed, amongother forms, with a covering for the socket,

I 5 so as to facilitate the use of the fastener. Since these fastenersare sewed onin fact, are known as sew-on fastenersneedleholes must bemade in the cover to register with the needle-holes in the socketportion,

and such holes being made before the cover is put in place on the socketportion it requires so much care, and therefore cost, in assembling theparts as to make the device commercially impracticable.

The object of the invention is to utilize the advantages of the cover ina commercially practical way; and to this end the invention consists ina skeleton cover which exposes the needle-holes of the socket portionwithout tached. Fig. 6 is a cross-section of a non 4 resilient socketmember and a resilient stud member. Fig. 7 shows in plan view the socketmember and stud member of Figs. 1 and 4, respectively, sewed to fabric.

The rim 1 and open-ended hub 2, arranged centrally'within the rim, areconnected by a radially-slotted portion 3, bent substantially as shown,so as to form a socket I for the re- Fig. 5 isa cross-section of ceptionof the stud 5. As thus constructed the radial slots make a spring of thesocket member, and as such it is adapted to co- 5 operate with a solidor non-resilient head or stud. The slots serve as needle-holes wherebythe socket member may be sewed onto an article, and, as shown, the studmember is likewise provided with needle-holes to permit of its beingsewed on.

In order to obtain the advantages of a covered socket member and toobviate the necessity of providing special needle-holes in this cover toregister with the needle-holes in the socket portion, I provide askeleton cover comprising a rim 6, which may be flanged around the rim 1and having a central solid disk 7, adapted to cover the opening of thehub, and the rim 6 and portion 7 are con- 5 nected by arms 8, four ofwhich are shown, and these arms are so arranged as to expose four pairsof needle-holes, although, obviously, any number of needle-holes may beused and a corresponding number of arms 7 provided. This cover may bemade in any desired ornamental form and readily assembled with thesocket member, and its solid portion 7 affords a convenient rest for thethumb or finger in snapping the socket memher onto the stud member.

' It is to be understood that instead of a resilient socket and anon-resilient head I may use a non-resilient socket and a resilienthead.

As shown in Fig. 6, the socket portion 9 is 30 not slitted, but issolid, excepting for the necessary thread or needle holes, and'the headmember or stud 10 is slit radially through its horizontal flange.

As shown in Fig. 7, the sewing-threads 11 5 are applied over the rim ofthe socket member and the sewing-threads 12 are applied upon the flangebetween holes in the stud or head member in attaching these members to agarment.

What I claim is 1. A sew-on snap-fastener, having a socket memberprovided with needle-holes, and a cover composed of a central solidportion, a

rim, and arms connecting the rim and the solid portion and exposing thenoodle-holes.

2. A sew-on snap-fastener, comprising a rim, an open-ended hub, aportion connecting the rim and hub and having needlcholes therein, and acover comprising a rim to engage the first-mentioned rim, a solidportion applied over one end of the hub, and arms connecting said solidportion and rim and exposing the said needle-holes.

3. A sew-on snap-fastener, comprising a rim, a hub, a resilient portionconnecting the rim and hub, and having needle-holes therein, and a coverapplied to said rim and having a THEOPHILUS R. HYDE, JR.

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